A Covid-19 outbreak within Disney's stage show Aladdin prompted an 11th-hour cancellation of last night's performance in New York.
The production had opened just 24 hours earlier, joining the return of Broadway's biggest musicals from a pandemic-induced hiatus.
In a notice posted on Twitter shortly before the curtain was due to go up, producers said testing protocols had detected an unspecified number of "breakthrough" infections among vaccinated members of the Aladdin company at The New York Amsterdam Theatre. "Because the wellness and safety of our guests, cast, and crew are our top priority, tonight's performance, Wednesday, 29 September, is cancelled," the tweet said, adding that tickets would be refunded at their points of purchase.